"Don't worry about it." Charles stretched out his hand and touched Autumn's head. He continued, "You have me. I won't let anyone hurt you."
"Didn't you say that you wanted to buy Cindy some gifts? Let's go to another place." Charles took Autumn to another nearby shopping mall. While Autumn was choosing the gifts, Charles went to another corner and dialed David's number. He asked David to block all of tomorrow's box news on Rachel and him.
'Many passers-by must have taken pictures of Autumn. Nowadays netizens could easily search a person's information online. It's okay for me to expose our real relationship. But I don't want to put Autumn in any awkward situation, ' he mused.
"One more thing." After a short pause, Charles continued, "Contact all of our cooperative partners. Tell them to change their spokesperson immediately. If I discover that Rachel endorses any of their products, we will stop our cooperation with them instantly."
David frowned slightly and asked in an irresolute tone, "Mr. Lu, are you sure about this?"
"Do as I say." 'I have been giving her chances because I didn't want to destroy the status and reputation she has earned. Now that she doesn't care about these things, she can't blame me for what I am going to do.' He added, "Besides, tell those directors that Rachel isn't a qualified female lead. And ask them to refuse to work with her if she uses my or Shining Company's references."
David answered, "Okay, I will." 'This time Rachel must have really pissed off Charles. Otherwise, he wouldn't have made those decisions, ' thought David to himself.
He hung up the phone with an angry look. But when he turned around and watched Autumn picking out clothes, his anger faded away. 'She is the woman that I swore to protect for the rest of my life. I will never allow anyone to hurt her, ' Charles told himself.
Autumn selected a pink blue dress, and she asked as she held the dress, "Charles, do you think will Cindy like this dress?" Charles nodded and replied, "If you think this one is fine, then take this."
Autumn took a
just did what anyone in my place would do." Sam said with a light smile, "We both like Cindy very much."
Andy said seriously, "No, we will keep your kindness in our mind. We will leave tomorrow. But we will return to Y City soon. Perhaps we will meet each other again in Y City. Please contact me if I can be of any help."
Autumn had never expected to see this family again in the future.
The waitress placed the dishes on the table. All three men started to drink wine. Although they didn't speak a word, Charles and Sam tried to prove that they were good drinkers.
Charles was always a sensible and composed man. But when it came to Autumn, he would act like a boy.
The three got drunk and began to call each other their buddies. Abby explained to Autumn as she shook her head, "I'm sorry. Andy doesn't usually act like this unless he gets drunk..."
Autumn said as she looked at Abby, "It seems that Charles is no better than him."
It was the first time that Autumn had seen Charles drink so much. Most men became friends after drinking.
Autumn asked, "Is your flight tomorrow afternoon?"
Abby replied with a nod, "Yes, it is." "We have finished our work ahead of schedule, so we need to go back and get things done. If everything goes smoothly, we will meet each other soon."
Abby observed Autumn discretely and wondered, 'Are you the one I'm looking for?'